Improvement in horse-collars



a. B. CRAWFORD;

Horse-Collar.

' No'. l68.723

- Patented Oct-11,1875.

seam falling upon the side of the neck of the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIPHALET B. CRAWFORD, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-COLLARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,723, dated October 11, 1875; application filed July'14, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIPHALET B. CRAW- FORD, of Sioux City, Woo'dbury county, Iowa, have invented a Horse-Collar, of which the following is a specification: I

My invention consists in the novel construction of a horse-collar, hereinafter described.

A A in the drawing represent a collar, in two sections, made of wood or other hard ma terial, the lower ends of which are connected by a hinge-joint, as seen at H. The upper ends or top, when closed, form a shouldered or lap joint, similar to a scarf-joinn the inner horse, instead of the top, thereby dispensing with the use of pads, which is necessary in all other collars. B and O in the drawing represent the lap-joint referred to. D represents a spring-tongue, attached to the top of the collar at E, the said tongue having a ,projection, F, which enters an opening or notch, G,

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1. In a collar composed of two hinged sections of hard material, the shouldered top, in combination with a suitable fastening, as described.

' 2. The spring catch or fastening, in combination with the shouldered and lapping sections of a horse-collar, composed of hard material, substantially'as described.

E. B. CRAWFORD.

Witnesses;

O. J. TAYLOR, JAMES LEITCH. 

